New Year's Day. Yes, our calendars turn to 2009 and apparently January 01 is also the Natal Day of our beloved CEO/ CTO, Mr. Meric B. Mara.
Fortunately, we have 24/7 Admin access to our website's CMS so I can freely upload my blog and toast our boss on his birthday :-).
What has New Year, Meric's Birthday and My Blog title have in common, what is their “connectment”? Let me doodle this...
Well, I suppose that most of us still do write down a few of our resolutions to be better this year and to achieve goals that we ought to do. These could imply changing some of the habits or perspective that we had... (ayan pasok na iyong isa ha... )
As for Meric's Birthday, this unstoppable guy also makes sure that before the clock strikes twelve, he has already noted down concrete measures and strategies for his personal goals and of course for all of 8layer – and I definitely mean for all of us.
He jots down for each 8lien, targets and what to improve in order to create that fully meshed goal for 2009... (i.e. TBR Zambales Syndrome). Apart from these notes, he has likewise shared to me his revolutionary ideas translated to our revolutionary products and services (look out for this... ) that can really impact CHANGE.... (ayan, pumasok din).
But seriously, Meric's works and views for IT in the Philippines and for those who wish to learn Open Source is simple. Staying focused on improving the things and tools that initially worked for you having in mind your goals, and that learning does not start nor stop in school. Mind you, he was able to teach all of us at 8layer plus a farmer and a messenger, Linux and Asterisk (I'm pretty sure most of you are smarter than us that learning Linux won't be difficult...) . And so with his simple views and passion to share, IT in the Philippines can change...
Tracy Chapman's lyrics is very descriptive still of the how large majority of IT Users (whether individuals, or schools, or organizations and companies) heed the call for change in terms of Open Source Technology use in our Country....
And as our CEO/CTO, Birthday-Guy and Linux Guru says, “There's No Battle, It's Linux, It's Asterisk, It's Open Source”....So I sing "Finally the tables are starting to turn / Talkin' bout a revolution".